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Originally Posted by warrrreagl
It absolutely can be developed, and relies on a physiological skill called "audiation." Audiation is a word invented by Edwin E. Gordon, and it refers to the ability to hear music inside your head. People who have highly developed "ears" have great audiation skills. Gordon invented a standardized test to measure audiation, the PMMA (Primary Measure of Music Audiation) and the SMMA (Secondary Measure of Music Audiation).
Audiation is the only explanation for Beethoven's ability to compose while deaf, or Mozart's ability to compose orchestral works while riding in a buggy. It also explains why jazz musicians play circles around everybody else even though they usually don't have formal training.
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I don't think so. Like I said earlier, I have 'A' ringing in my head constantly. I can not only hear music in my head, I can learn it also due to relative pitch easily. Works good. Driving home, hear a song, boom, I get home I play it immediately, if it is memorable. Your right though, experience helps
To hear any pitch at any time, a raindrop, glasses ringing, a fart whatever and say,..Bb,..F#, A, without thought is perfect pitch. Just like people looking at a number chart and asked to bang off as many and as fast as possible. It's automatic.
Perfect pitch also relies on the notion that a pitch is good,flat or sharp. It might be a Ab but its a little flat. That is perfect pitch.